My second batch of Wine Reviews for 2017 are from the February Brown Bag Dinner in Singapore. The theme for the night was Cabernet
What have you been tasting?
From this batch my favourites are the:
And now back to normal transmission. 2017 March Wine Reviews is my first set of Wine Reviews for 2017, I have a lot of catching up to do!
What have you been tasting?
From this batch my favourites are the:
As this is the Year of the Rooster and, according to the Chinese Zodiac, being a Rooster myself, thought that I should check out Singapore’s Chinatown Chinese New Year displays.
Recently I was back in Adelaide for Christmas and had the chance to visit a few wineries in the Adelaide Hills. The first winery we visited was the one I selected, Ashton Hills.
“Ashton Hills is a three hectare, dry-grown vineyard that lies in the Piccadilly Valley sub region of the Adelaide Hills on a ridge just below the summit of Mount Lofty. The estate was founded by Stephen George in 1982 and since that time it has built a reputation as one of Australia’s finest proponents of Pinot Noir and cool climate whites.”
Ashton Hills was established by Stephen George in 1982. Stephen’s goal was to produce the best Pinot Noir in Australia. The first vineyard Stephen planted was in Piccadilly at an altitude of 570m that looks to the South towards the highest point in the Mount Loft Ranges, Mount Lofty (which is more of a hill than a mountain).
From a wine making principles perspective, Stephen George has always adhered to Burgundian principals, as James Halliday states “an organic process based on fact, not a glitzy PR campaign.” For more
